Day-by-day box.



I. A. ORRALL. DAY BY DAY ox.

APPLICATION FILED APR. l ISIS.

Patented 'Feb-13, 1917.

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Specification of Letterslatent.

ratented Feb. 13, 1917.

Application filed April 1, 1916. ,Serial No. 88,260;V

l which are kept in convenient locations and desk ot for dail)vr areminder of special matters which he wishes to attend to day b v day.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device of thischaracter which noticeable positions, such as on the a business orproiessional man,

will', to a considerable extent, serve the p'ur- `r pose of a businessmans secretary sofar as an inanimate object can serve such purpose. Inattaining this object', I provide a series of 36S disconnected andindividually removable cards, one for each cluding the having (or theday of the year (in- 29th of February), each card a tab bearing the nameof a month abbreviation of suoli name), and a month day indicated bynume'rals,and preferably-.nothing else. cation of the days of be used ina manner somewhat similar' to what is known as a perpetual calendar. ofcards is so fitted in a box or case that for any future date maybelifted or removed for making any entry on the face of it to serve as areminder when that date is reached, and the card then restored toitsproper place, and also so that the entire tace of the front. card isexposed to view, wherebyA the user need only shift each front card afterthat day has passed, to the back of theseries, and thus expose all thememoranda of matters to be attended to the next or current (lay.

Of the accompanyingdrawings which illustrate one embodiment-oie nl vinvention, but to which embodiment I do not specifically limit myselfFigure 1 is a perspective view of the case or box with tliefront memberopen and the dust-protecting cover removed andwith a By omitting anyindia week, the series may sufficient number ot the tab-cards inposition to illustrate iny'invention, the 'rear portion year after yearwithout confusion,V

This series ot'thebox being-broken away because the horizontal depth ofthe box is unimportant.

Fig. 2 represents a Vertical section from` front to rear in use.

F ig.-3 is a front view, of the cards of the series, to illustrate 'apreferrcd arrangement of the tabs. v Similar reference charactersindicate similar parts in all of the views.

of the box, closed: as when not enlarged, of some 65 The box or casewhichcontams the series of cards comprises a bottoni 12, rear wall '13,sides 111 and a front wall 15 which husa hinged connection with thereceiving portion ot the One or more stops 17 projecting inwardly fromthe sides 14 serve to arrest th'e front wall or door 15 when the latteris in boxclosing position as shown in Fig. Q.

For the purpose4 of preventing the accumulation ofdust upon and betweenthe cards, when the device is not in use, a suit able movable cover 18is employed as indicated in Fig. 2, which cover may be either bodilyremovable or having a hinged' con'- nection so that it may be swung'back.

Rising tance back from the front edge thereof is a A strip 19. Anotherstrip 2O nearer the front of the bottom, and a divisionstrip 21, coactwith the front of theA strip 19 in -forming receptacles for smallarticles usefulgin ydaily business, such as pins or postage stamps.

The front member groove Q2 to form apen opencil recess for use when thefront is in the open position indicated in Figul. The inner face of the'member 15, which becomes the upper surface when said member is open, isprovided with angular pockets 23 to receive the corners of any suitablenumber of paper memoranda slips 24.

The cards 25 which maybe Aruled in any preferred manner are providedwith tabs 26; That is, each card has a tab, and the tabs of thedifferent cards of the series are arranged -so that all of the tabs` areeasily visible when the box is open. A convenient arrangement of thetabs is to have them formed in several sections7 prising sixteen cardswith the tabs projecting from the cards in stepv by step lateralrelationship as indicated by comparing land 3.V arrangement renders itcertain thatthere will be sufficient space.

each section com- Y vbox as by means of pivots 16:7-

fromthe bottom 12 at a.' little dis- I 15 is provided with a between theCercle of eet-li section so that r tubs willbe eoneenled by tube ethercards which xLire in front thereof. Pere is a certi for every clay ofthe year, enti they ere fill disconnected so that any eertl een belifted or reiinoyecl for the purpose et melting memoranda thereupon:incl 'einen returned to place, and so that euch front certi when theclay hue passed, een be shiiitotl over to the beck of the series to eX-pose 'the Carel bearing the (late of the next tiny. Aer Shown in Fig. 3,euch tub bears ily the month lay nml not n Weel; dey. Ylint is? Quelltab beurs the nume or inalien- -i of :i inontln and e. engle @ley ofthat y there being no indien-tion of any A"1y of 'the Week. This enablesthe Syeteni Curtis to be useil year zitter yen'r.

is indicated in Fig. 2, the bottoni l2 i3 inelined ugwartlly andl'eariiardly, und the Well l2 ineliner rearwardly. This il'rzingen'ientprovides for the Support ol file Curtis in positionv to leeilitiitev zi.'rieiml -Mininzition of the tubs olf the Series, in eter nmnner than ifthe enrtls were to vertically in the saine horizontal pinne Tlvnile thestoof serve to rieten inine the Closed, position :tor the front wall Y:they also prevent the emile from tilting too fer forwardly out of thebox, when the box opein und the user desires to separate 'the Series olCards nt some point in order to draw ont or restore u card or whendrawing f entire Serieefiirwnril far enough to peri the shifting thereiirniost wird of the Series.

lli eonree it will be readily understood that' the neer, instead o?:always making memoranda ot mettere to be attended to in the intero, onthe Cercle. for those lut-ure malte memoranda on one of the e oft mites?may en; or any other elif oi. paper und insert in the. proper pincebetween oerrle of the Serieel.

l desi i e to have it understood also that l of the front --.nrrl inbehind flo not limit myself to the employment of trib cards alone, sincel may use, in addi tion theretm. any other .indien-tor 'or tiling'System devices which, in Such case,would preferably be tab card and therear Well of the box.

lim/'ing now described my invention, what l claim is:

l. A card system of theeharacter described, comprising a series ofseparate and 'individually shifteble tab Cirds eqnaling the number oli'days of :i year, the tab of erich cztrrl bearing the designation of n.month and the 'clay of a month, und a, container constructed to support,the entire Series of carrie with all of their tabs and the fiice oit the.front cai-cl in 'visible position.

enrrl system olf the character described., eomprieing a series ofSeparate and individually sliiftzible Leb cercle eqnaling the number of(lays of a year, the tab ot' each wird. bearing the designation of nmonth and the (my oi' u, month, end e container oonetrueteil to supportthe entire series of eurds with all et their tube and the fece of the'front aural in visible posit-ion, sii-itl container inwing; anupii'ertlly und. rearwardly inclined bottoni.

S. A eel-tl System of the Character ile,- scribeil, comprising a ofseperate and individually lehiftnble tab cercle equaling the number oilclays of :i year, the. telo of each wird bearing the designation of nmonth und the ilny of :i month, :intl a container hiring e. hinged.front, an upwardly intl rearwardly inclined bottom, and, n movablecover, whereby7 when the cover is displaced unil the front swungforward, all of the oni-(l tabs and the face of the iro'nt Cnrrl may beviewed without displacing the Cards 'from their relative positions.

lntestnnonyv whereof l have ziilixoil my signature.

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